Artist ASSER SAINTVAL
ABOUT THE ARTIST - Asser Saint-Val is a painter, sculptor and installation artist. His quasi-figurative images, by turns humorous and grotesque, bring together ideas, people and incidents central to modern debates about the definition and valence of Neuromalanin. Rendered in a blend of traditional art mediums and a wide range of unconventional, organic materials—coffee, chocolate, ginger, tea and chocolate among them—his pictures, objects and environments are a surreal fantasia on such loosely linked themes as under-recognized African American inventors, the politics of sexual desire, and the complex aesthetics, narratives and metaphors that attach to the organic compounds neuromelanin. This theme is perhaps Saint-Val’s greatest preoccupation and is explored to some degree in every work in his oeuvre. His fascination with the materiality of melanin and neuro-melanin, the former responsible for human skin, hair and eye color, the latter for certain dimensions of brain function and spirituality is evident in his play with the unusual, organic “skins” of his paintings. The molecular structure of the compound and the way it operates in the human body are suggestive sources of poetic possibility at the macro level, and are most powerfully linked in his thought and representational practice to profound ideas about the human relationship to the matter and mechanics of the cosmos. Asser Saint-Val was born in Haiti in 1974 and moved to South Florida in 1988. He earned BFAs in painting and graphic design from the New World School of the Arts. His art has been exhibited in Florida, New York and throughout the Caribbean and is represented in numerous private collections, including those of Francie Bishop Good, Dr. Arturo Mosquera, the Rubell Family and Carlos Sanchoo. Saint-Val has twice received the prestigious South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship Award. In 2012, Saint-Val created his largest piece to date, the interactive public installation The Philosopher’s Stone, with support from the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and the Board of County Commissioners. Cumulative and objective, Saint-Val’s work explores the metaphysical reality of this chaotic chemical with an interest in his own identity, with a specific and conscientious artistic voice. Saint-Val believes within us exists the remnant of a universe far beyond our known galaxy, and everything we need to know is within us.
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http://www.alhambraantiques.com/blog/alhambra-antiques-opens-new-exhibition-to-much-acclaim.html
https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/community-news/art-in-the-sky-launches-at-fiu/
http://qrartguide.com/examples/asser-saint-val/
http://www.artnews.com/2019/07/19/david-castillo-gallery-new-mythologies-exhibition/
https://freshartinternational.com/2017/07/26/live-radio-diaspora-vibe-miami/
> All of the 50:50 art by Asser SaintVal that is showcased at the C4SC Offices in Miami Florida, is donated to the ART STUDIO WORLD charity, serving youth in need of creative arts programs. Each art sale is considered a tax-deductible donation that will directly benefit the charity works of
Art Studio World, the Charity Services Center / Charity For Social Change, (need correct website link to cross promotions page)
> The art images shown here are for sale and available for view by calling the C4SC at (305)856-1148 to make an appointment or during one of our many collaborative showcase events that can be found on the following Calendar Events Schedule (need correct calendar events link to C4SC)
> We also offer a 5% referral fee paid to any organization or individual who brings in an art contact that results in a sale.
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Art Studio World, the Charity Services Center / Charity For Social Change, (need correct website link to cross promotions page)
> The art images shown here are for sale and available for view by calling the C4SC at (305)856-1148 to make an appointment or during one of our many collaborative showcase events that can be found on the following Calendar Events Schedule (need correct calendar events link to C4SC)
> We also offer a 5% referral fee paid to any organization or individual who brings in an art contact that results in a sale.
See this link for how to help the charities with DONOR ART SALES. (need link to marketing materials page)
Art in the Sky launches at FIUHaitian Mentorship Program establish community art and education program
Summer will be particularly colorful this year, as the Florida International University (FIU) Haitian Mentorship Program will present Art in the Sky – an interactive public art program created by acclaimed Miami-based Haitian-American artist, Asser Saint-Val. Art In the Sky will present an interactive public art installation and free art-making workshops for audiences of all ages throughout Miami-Dade County. Launching soon at the FIU Biscayne Bay Campus in the City of North Miami, this exciting new public art project features three dimensional air sculptures created by Saint-Val, with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Cultural Affairs Council, in partnerships with the Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance and Future Roots Collective. Art In the Sky features air sculptures suspended over a full size bed, enhanced with binaural sound recordings and intriguing scents, created with the goal of engaging audiences by combining a multi-sensory experience of art that has been transformed into three-dimensional sculptures, which will be seen and experienced in a seldom used, but easily accessed space – the sky! In addition, through the partnership with FIU Haitian Mentorship Program, Art in the Sky will provide young students enrolled in the summer camp programs with a unique, one-of-a-kind Contemporary Art experience that will include art-making workshops, interactive tours of the installation, and discussions led by Saint-Val. The Art in the Sky project aims to inspire visual thinking and foster dialogue about art, while promoting creativity in Miami’s cultural scene. The youth that experience this project will explore the concept of self-esteem through creativity and art. Since 2012, Art In The Sky has been presented at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex, the Miami Beach Botanical Garden, LMNT art space and The Miami Book Fair. |
BY The Editors of ARTnews POSTED 07/19/19
Pepe Mar, Jillian Mayer, and Asser Saint-Val Question Systems of Belief at The group exhibition “New Mythologies” on view at David Castillo Gallery in Miami Beach. The show, which explores the relationships between belief systems and art making, features work by Pepe Mar, Jillian Mayer, and Asser Saint-Val. 
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